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NGC 163
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NGC 163 (also PGC 2149, MCG -02-02-066, NPM1G -10.0017, GC 81) is a magnitude +12.7 elliptical galaxy located 275 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.

The galaxy was discovered by German-English astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 10th December 1798. 

Right Ascension 00h 35m 59.7s, Declination -10° 07' 17"

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